Sculpture - Sarcophagus of the third of fourth century, in the Colonna Garden. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The small figure in the centre represents the defunct; the group at the end is a subject from the amphitheatre; a lion, stimulated by the bestiarius or keeper, devours a wild boar. In the third and fourth centuries mythological subjects were almost abandoned.'
Lateran Museum - Sculpture - An unfinished sarcophagus, the busts of the defuncts are in the centre. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
It represents Abraham symbolising the sacrifice of Christ; while Peter, holding him by the arm, symbolises the priesthood and the sacrifice of the new law. In other parts, various miracles of Christ, and Moses receiving the Law. In the lower division, Peter and the Church, Daniel, the Marriage o...
Sculpture - Sarcophagus with the door of the tomb, Genii of Death, and the portraits of the deceased in the niches, c. A.D. 200 (now in the Vatican Museum). Photographer: Unknown
Lateran Museum - Sculpture - Front of a sarcophagus of the third century. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
In the centre is the defunct, with a roll of parchment at his feet, and another in his hand, which seems to shew he was an orator. Around him are two female and three male figures, perhaps members of his family.'
Lateran Museum - Sculpture, fourth century - Fragment of a sarcophagus, representing a pastoral scene. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Under this is a sarcophagus with the genii of the seasons and tragic masks. Below it a fragment of a mosaic found in the Catacombs, but not Christian. Sarcophagus for a youth, in which are represented the entry of Christ into Jerusalem, the death of Pharaoh in the Red Sea, and other scriptural s...